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About Para Village

Para is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,834, made up of 946 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 913 hectares hectares.

Para Overview

Census 2011 figures for Para village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 913 hectares
Population 1,834
Male Population 946
Female Population 888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Para compares

By the 2011 count Para is the 45th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 913 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Para

Para is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Para as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Para from other places

Para lies about 18 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Para
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 12 km
Nearest town Mahārājpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 15 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 18 km

Villages closest to Para

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Para

As per the Census of India 2011, Para village had a population of 1,834. That makes it the 45th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Para village has 946 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

Para covers 913 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Para falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Para is Rajnagar K, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Para.

Para is about 18 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar K is about 12 km away. Mahārājpur is about 13 km away. Rajnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kota (2.9 km), Tiloha (3.2 km) and Manpura (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Para today is likely to be higher.

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